Friday, March 05, 2010

I love movies

Hindi Movies – I love to watch prefer them to English movies. I have nothing against English movies; but I feel they somehow lack that cliché that is provided by our bollywood movies. Those actors and actresses dancing around the tree; or the trademark yell of “nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii” for anything and everything; or losing your sibling in Kumbh ka mela and finding them after twenty odd years – their lockets being the common factor to recognize each other; or two best friends falling in love with the same girl and "Kurbani Dega Kaun?" wala situation. And such!

The very first movie that I remember seeing was either Nageena or Nageen – ichchadhari Naag Naagin ki kahani. I had actually believed them to be true and wondered who that snake might be among the people around me. I used to literally get scared of ladies with makeup especially the ones with thick eye liner, kohl and green eyes.

With time, I stopped getting scared of human beings as I realized those shown in the movies were fictional characters and not ichchadhari snakes; but few things got worse. My mother is a very emotional person. Whenever there was a very happy or very sad scene playing, she cried. And I kind of inherited this quality from her.

Be it a C grade sappiest movie, I cry when an emotional scene plays. I get tears in my eyes when somebody dies or there is a break up between two people due to some stupid reason; I feel for those poor people who sleep hungry in the movie in spite of knowing the fact that in real life, they are very well to do. The irony of my situation is that I am totally opposite in real life. I do not cry easily. For beggers, I feel that they have an option of working but it’s just that they are too used to earn money without doing any kind of hard work.

I cannot watch horror movies. I always wonder – why do people have to move around or visit their garden area on a full moon/ new moon at midnight? Why do they murder somebody and bury the dead body behind their bungalows? Can’t they repair their screeching doors or leaking taps? Even in case of a thriller, I prefer avoiding those scenes in which the investigation happens at night!

But somehow, I am allergic to super duper hits and blockbusters! I have rarely liked a super hit movie! I got bored while watching Avatar, and I had a major headache after watching Kal Ho na Ho! I fail to understand what is so great about Hera Pheri and Slumdog Millionaire!

Whatever the case maybe, I love to watch movies. I can watch two movies back to back in theatre every day. I can tolerate even the crappiest movie ever released if I don’t have anything else to do. I love Harry Potter movies so much that I have seen each one at least 40 times and remember almost all the dialogues and scenes verbatim.

29 comments:

I love to watch movies too. Since I do not understand Hindi, I don't watch Hindi movies. But I can substitute that for Tamil movies. We watch even the worst movie 2 times. We love comedy. Many of the so called horror movies made in Indian langauges are comedy.

:) Mine is opposite. I watch only english movies and sometimes hindi(only if I like the hero/heroine/director). These days I am finding all the hindi movies bad :( Btw you dint like Hera pheri? :O that's weird. Even I hated Slumdog Millionaire.

Movies have always been a delight for all of us. But it's good to hear your views about various movies right from the 'Nagin' times. You may not prefer Hollywood so much, but as a matter of fact, Bollywood is slowly imitating and adapting certain aspects of Bollywood.

Nice post again! Though I don't watch much of hindi movies, becoz they have same type of drama, acting and on the name of acting- the actors just change their hair styles. The same story goes again and again! ufff!!! I am bored of all these stuff....

Nowadays I'm just scared to go to Hindi movies. They a bit too bold & beautiful. I cry at points like when Bhootnath pleads with his son not to go.... And I like all those movies where you just laugh without the help of adult jokes.

Same pinch! Even I enjoy typical bollywood movies. I prefer a hindi movie to an english one anyday. And yes, even I got bored while watching Avatar....You sound like one of my friends who doesn't cry in really serious/upsetting real-life situations but lets the floodgates open when Jack drowns leaving Rose weeping...or when SRK says bye bye to the world in Kal ho na ho....

I like Bolly and Holly movies equally. I prefer few Hindi and few English movies. I used to be a Bollywood fanatic before getting to see my Grand Pa's must see movies of Hollywood and I loved them all. I just finished watching Zombieland and I loved it :P.

Hi! Neha,Thanks for your views, movies irrespective of their language is capable to give us the maximum entertainment os feel as , i believe its fusion of all arts, be it literature,music,dance,photography,technology what not,when its a slice of life it becomes more heartfelt,referring to superhits did ddlj too failed to interest you. :)

Watching Hindi movies can not be avoided.India lives on Cricket and movies.I love watching them, but the standard has definitely changed over the years.We dont come across classics any more.There can never be another Sholey-Pyaasa etc.Frnkly,last 30 mnts of Karthik, I didnt understand, Kaminay I didnt understand. But given another chance, I will see them again---because I love Hindi movies

Yayyyy I love movies tooo. you knwo i got 2 harddisk worth 500GB of movies, wherever i have to go my laptop is with me and I watch movies to get over the journey...

My first movie as far as i can remember was a english movie.. whcih my Dad took me to see.. I dont remember the name .. I use to be in hostle my dad took me as a treat .. Every saturday we were shown a movie on the school projector where the whole school the boarders sat and watched .. planet of apes.. godfather.. rockies.. etc etc .. oh man good old days..

@ Mohan, oh yeah, they are better than Rahul Mahajan's shadi..horror :-o I am damn scared of those re..

@ Karan, welcome here..thank you for your comments..I used to do the same thing - watching movies on laptop during office..then I got my own office :( I liked Dev D and not seen Gulaal..I will watch cinema paradiso :)

High five! I'm a movie buff too. Guess you know that already. :)But no no no no no no no no....!!! I don't prefer hindi movies to hollywood movies. But I don't miss movies like Rann, Rocket Singh, etc. At the end of the day, it's Guy Ritchie or Tarantino or Cameron. But yes, Slumdog Millionaire sucked big time. :P